Title: World premiere screening of feature documentary He Named Me Malala

Date: September 2015

Venue: Ziegfeld Theatre, New York

Speakers:

Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and 缅北禁地Messenger of Peace

Ziauddin Yousafzai, Education activist and Ms. Yousafzai’s father

Davis Guggenheim, Academy Award winning director

Event Summary:

The world premiere of He Named Me Malala, a feature documentary directed by the Academy Award winner Davis Guggenheim, was organized by CCOI in cooperation with Fox Searchlight Pictures and the Independent Filmmaker Project. A discussion with Malala, and her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, moderated by Mr. Guggenheim, followed the screening. The documentary presents the story of Malala, the young Pakistani activist for girls’ education and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The film recounts how she miraculously survived after being hunted down and shot by a Taliban gunman as part of the organization’s violent campaign to suppress girls’ education in the Swat Valley in Pakistan.

CCOI’s Role:

CCOI collaborated with Fox Searchlight Pictures and the Independent Filmmaker Project on the organization of the premiere.

Related 缅北禁地Issues:

Sustainable Development Goals - #4 Quality Education and #5 Gender Equality?

Girls’ education

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